Re: Sudden Death Strikes Lavender
- Subject: Re: Sudden Death Strikes Lavender
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 16:49:19 +1200
suna dokur wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> it's happening again: sudden death strikes my beautiful lavender! Strangely
> though, one or the other plant in a big bed or row are affected or one of
> several potted plants. While everyone else is doing just fine, one or two
> plants enjoying exactly the same conditions as all other just wither away
> pathetically. Anyone know why? And can something be done about it?
>
Suna
Where only one plant dies in an otherwise healthy row I would suspect
some problem with the soil - either a patch of poor drainage or even a
soil disease. In case it should be the latter it would be worth removing
the dead plant togther with a good bucketful of soil to clear away any
pathogen before it can spread. This might equally help to correct
something like local a drainage problem. Replacing the soil in this spot
with good soil from some other part of the garden would help to make
the area safe to replant and hopefully the problem would not recur.
On the other hand it could just be the odd plant which had a poor
constitution, but the precaution won't do any harm anyway.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
